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Spiez is a small, quaint little town (pop 12,500) on the south shore of Lake Thun. It has a wonderful medieval castle and offers spectacular views across the lake.

The tourist office is located on platform 1 of the station (May–Sept Mon–Fri 8AM–6.30PM, Sat 9AM–noon and 2–4PM; Oct–April Mon–Fri 8AM–noon and 2–6PM).

Visit Facebook or the official homepage of Spiez [3] for more details.

Get in

Get around

Welcome to Spiez: One of your first steps after having parked the car or leaving the train is to get some information at the tourist office right aside the train station. There you can get information about activities, hotels and maps.

Here some hints:

Parking:
If you travel by car you'll be able to put it into one of the many parking lots. For your first visit, take the parking at the train station, where you can find the tourist office.

Other parkings you'll find in the citycentre (Coop, Lötschbergzentrum, Spiez-Park) and at the lake near the castle. Visit Google Maps to get the way.

Public transportation:
Spiez is a hub of public transportation. As usual in Switzerland, it is recommendet to travel by train or bus. In Spiez, all 30 min you get a train from or to Berne / Zurich / Basel /Geneva. There are direct connections to Milano (Italy) and Berlin (Germany), too. Visit www.sbb.ch for further informations.

Spiez itselfs is easy to discover just by "getting around". So you can catch this special "holiday feeling", which made Spiez to a famous wellness and wellbeing location. Discover the "Spirit of Spiez" while walking - from the trainstation - towards the lakeshore and the castle. In 1954 Germany's football national team found this spirit too and won the world cup...

Don't forget to take a tour through the vineyards: There you'll get a great view all over the city, the lake and the whole panaroma of the always snow-covered Alps. None should miss it!

Don't be shy: Ask the people, where to go. Almost everyone speaks english, most speak french and some italian. So ask them, where to go, where to get a drink or beer and where to spend the night or to enjoy the nightlife.

See

Do

Take a tour on the forest-covered lakeshore between Spiez ans Faulensee and get impressed by the unique harmony of lake and mountains. After this walk from about two hours, enjoy a great meal in Hotel Restaurant Eden or the Restaurant Al Porto or the tiny but famous Restaurant Schlosspintli just aside the lake.

In summer, take a rest at the lake in the afternoon and check out the nightlife of Spiez's suburbs Thun or Interlaken. For a drink, choose some of the many bars in Spiez and don't forget to taste the local "Spiezer" wine.

There's a cinema and a bowlingcenter, too.

There are many activities to do around the lake, as sailing, wind-surfing, river-rafting, bungee-jumping, biking, swimming, canyoning, climbing, paragliding - ask at the tourist office for reservation, rates and further details.

Buy

Eat

Seegarten Marina, Bucht, Spiez, ☎+41 (0)33 655 67 67 (reception@seegarten-marina.ch), [1]. Friendly, local restaurant with a good range of local food and wine, including fresh fish from the adjacent Thunersee (Lake of Thun). The restaurant's garden terrace faces directly onto the small, picturesque marina and offers a lovely view of houses cascading down the hill to the lake, as well as the pyramidal Niesen above the town.

Drink

The local wine, called "Spiezer", is an excellent choice with your meal. It is produced from the vineyards around Spiez and is available in white or red.

The locel beer, called Rugenbräu, is brewed in the suburb "Interlaken". Great taste with the typical alpine freshness.